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餓虎撲食

简 饿虎扑食 · 繁 餓虎撲食
Mandarin · pinyin è hǔ pū shí

Meanings

  1. like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
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餓
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虎
hǔ · tiger; brave, fierce; surname
撲
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食
shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
饿
è · hungry; greedy for; hunger
扑
pū · pound, beat, strike; attack
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Entries containing 餓虎撲食 ↗Words written with 餓 ↗Words written with 虎 ↗Words written with 撲 ↗Words written with 食 ↗Words written with 饿 ↗Words written with 扑 ↗

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4–3–1–2 · e4 hu3 pu1 shi2

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